All Entries Tagged With: "attorney general"
Schneiderman gets UAW nod
Capitol Confidential/Times Union Albany, NY http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/27231/schneiderman-gets-uaw-nod/ By Rick Karlin This is no doubt welcome news for AG candidate Eric Schneiderman heading into the Democratic convention, he just got the United Auto Workers endorsement. While one may think “Detroit” when hearing the initials UAW, their release notes that they have approximately 50,000 active and retired members [...]
DP Exclu: Schneiderman Picks Up UAW Nod Before Convention
The Daily Politics/Daily News Albany, NY http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/05/dp-exclu-schneiderman-picks-up.html By Celeste Katz Democratic AG hopeful state Sen. Eric Schneiderman has picked up the endorsment of the 50,000 active and retired member United Auto Workers Regions 9 and 9a, the Daily Politics has learned. “The UAW is proud to endorse a lifelong progressive leader like Eric Schneiderman. Eric’s commitment to [...]
State Democrats’ hottest race likely to be attorney general
Buffalo News Buffalo, NY http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/05/25/1060880/state-democrats-hottest-race-likely.html By Robert J. McCarthy Andrew M. Cuomo’s nomination as the Democratic candidate for governor may gain the headlines at this week’s Democratic State Convention, but who succeeds him as attorney general is shaping up as the intraparty race with the real political sizzle. Five Democrats already are maneuvering to gain [...]
Cuomo’s First Union
State of Politics Blog/YNN Albany, NY http://capitaltonight.com/2010/05/cuomos-first-union/ By Elizabeth Benjamin Before he had even formally announced his candidacy for governor yesterday, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 President Bruce Both offered a formal endorsement of AG Andrew Cuomo, calling him “a man of action, not just empty rhetoric.” The 23,000-member union has a habit [...]
Another Upstate County Chair Endorses Eric Schneiderman for Attorney General
SoHo Journal New York, NY http://www.sohojournal.com/content/another-upstate-county-chair-endorses-eric-schneiderman-attorney-general A press release from Attorney General candidate, Senator Eric Schneiderman: NEW YORK – Citing his record as a lifelong progressive Democrat, Essex County Chair Sue Montgomery-Corey today announced her enthusiastic endorsement of Eric Schneiderman for Attorney General. With momentum growing by the day, Montgomery-Corey joins over 50 progressive reformers [...]
WFP Affiliates Push Schneiderman For Row E
State of Politics Blog/YNN Albany, NY http://capitaltonight.com/2010/05/wfp-affiliates-push-schneiderman-for-row-e/ By Elizabeth Benjamin Key stakeholders in the Working Families Party have sent a letter to fellow committee members on behalf of Sen. Eric Schneiderman, calling him the “only choice” to receive the labor-backed party’s endorsement in the AG’s race. The letter is signed by Citizens Action’s Karen Scharff, 1199’s [...]
Citizen Action To Endorse Schneiderman For AG
City Hall New York, NY http://www.cityhallnews.com/newyork/article-1273-citizens-action-to-endorse-schneiderman-for-ag.html By David Freedlander Progressive stalwarts Citizen Action will endorse State Sen. Eric Schneiderman for attorney general Tuesday. The endorsement comes at a critical point in the campaign season, according to Karen Scharff, the group’s executive director. “We looked at the field and we looked at the track record and [...]
